Yikes, It's only six months till Christmas

I had plans to be quite thin and in shape by now. I really had. Our new fitness center will be open in January 2010 and I had visualized myself all tarted up in new work out gear and cushiony new Rykas...silver ponytail swinging in sync with arms held at the perfect angle as I whiz around the new walking track.

Reality check. Uhh, ok, I've still got six months to get in shape to go to the fitness center. I really don't want to be the old chick with the pretty face. The one that is gasping for breath just going up the stairs to the track. I don't want to have to stumble over too long yoga pants because these dimpled thighs are too hideous to fit into spandex shorts. I really don't.

So here's the plan...kick it into gear, starting tomorrow. I've already had a Weight Watcher's pizza and some potato chips for dinner, so logically I need to stuff my face with everything I can tonight.

I have a tread mill that works (I need to move my loom and a fan in order to use it, but I digress), and I have a really good knowledge of nutrition and blah, blah, blah.

Quit blabbering and start doing. I can do it, I know I can. I will do it, I know I will. (This is me giving myself a pep talk)

Well, anyway...tomorrow is another day. We'll see how it goes. My sweet hubby told me that perhaps I could shoot for an award from the gym as client "most improved since buying membership". I'll take that,too.

We'll talk later. Take it easy, dudes and dudettes.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

This has been a rainy spring.

I love this world and am thankful for everyday that I awaken. However, I am getting a bit tired of the rain. The next few words you read will be me sounding like a "poor me baby", but hey, every once in a while won't hurt. The rain makes my allergies act up. That makes my nose run and my ears tingle. My skin feels crawly and my neck is stiff. Gosh, all those symptoms sound serious...not. My skin feels crawly and burning when I am fighting off a cold. So I know that my immune system is working quite well. I'm not getting sick, just some vague symptoms that I can live with.

More whining...Monday we went to get a new DVD player. Since it was raining then also, I stayed under the shelter at the front of the store, holding the purchase, whilst the hubby went to get the car. He pulled up to pick me up and the door was locked, so I had to stand in the rain very briefly while he clicked the lock open. Long enough for me to think I was going to melt like the witch in the Wizard of Oz. Believe me, it didn't take long for my hackles to rise. The very nerve of him, driving around to pick me up and not having the door already unlocked. Humph. So I grab the door open, try to dramatically fling the package into the car to show how "put upon" I was, and promptly scraped my mouth on the corner of the box. That is the way this week has been.

Tuesday wasn't too bad, we did find a new restaurant to go to that has a really good selection on the menu. I normally do salad and unsweetened tea because I monitor my flour and sugar consumption, but yesterday I had a turkey sandwich on rye and a Dr. Pepper. AND split an order of deep fried onion rings with the hubby.

Since this is a weight loss blog, I will mention that I am still 170-172 pounds, but actually I feel pretty good about that. I am not gaining and my knees no longer hurt going up and down stairs.
I am hanging in there and glad to be alive.

For those of you that don't follow my art blog, just for fun, check out this post to see what my hubby made. If you have time to leave a comment, he would get a big kick out of it.

Take care and stay dry.

Another rainy weekend

I love a rainy weekend and it looks like one is rolling in. A rainy weekend lets you get caught up on things you avoid when it's sunny. I have been lax about my dishes for several...

sorry, I had to stop and talk about monkeys with my DH...

anyway, I had been rinsing my dishes off and stacking them in the sink for several days. I know, I know. It's been a busy week with errands to run and friends coming over. Fortunately they never seem to mind dishes stacked in my sink, neatly covered with a tea towel as camouflage. So today while it sprinkles rain outside I decided to do the dishes. One reason I always hesitate to do my dishes is that, in addition to our stoneware, we use lots of disposable cups and because we have no recycling for Styrofoam, I always use them several times, washing them in between times. This means when I run my dishwasher for the dishes, pots and pans that I still have Styrofoam and Solo cups left to wash. This means I still have to fill the sink with soapy water and have rinse water. I was just thinking that the main reason that I don't do all my dishes by hand, is that I don't have enough draining room for all these cups and I have to dry them in between batches.

Hmmm....since I'm washing dishes anyway, why not just pull out the racks on the dishwasher. It's right next to me at the sink and it makes the perfect dish drainer.

So, my friends, that's is my post for today. Have you wanted to cut down on the usage of your automatic dishwasher, but you don't have drying space on your counter for your dishes? Fill the sink up with warm sudsy water for washing and the other sink (or a large vessel) filled with water for rinsing, wash away. It's calming and therapeutic. It's not work at all, and it saves on electricity and water. Nobody loses this way.

Enjoy your weekend and do something good for yourself. Even if it's as simple as having positive thoughts, do it for yourself.

Take care, and we'll talk soon.